Swordfest 2007 Nakamura Ryu Battodo pt 2

Taken at swordfest 2007.

Group is the Virginia Kenshinkai, led by Dave Drawdy.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Nakamura
• Ryu
• Battodo
• Sworfest
• Virginia
• Kenshinkai
• sword
• Toyama
• martial
• arts

[AceMcCoy03]

I might be wrong, and just speaking from expirience at my dojo, but this is toyama-ryu not nakamura-ryu, and if it is indeed toyama, you skipped kata 5, 6, and 8. just saying from my standing, i really have no right to judge another dojo and thier ways.

[daimyo101]

Our grandmaster studied Nakamura Ryu in Japan a very long time ago and now it's blossomed into a new style that's called Sil Jeon Do Bup in Korean. You can find evidence of it on my page.

[ThorgalsWalhalla]

looool the US Flag in the background xD

[Samuraihitachi]

Younger years for all of us, we've grown tremendously

[Kensh1D]

Ahh a scotsman...now I know your good folk. I train with this group and owe a lot to them. Without the dicipline I learned there I would still be 220 instead of the slim 170 that I am now! You should see one of my Kohai...hes in the vid too you wouldnt recognize him he looks like a marathon runner! If I see you in sandiego I'll definately buy you a round...my family name is originally McTaggart ;-)

[sanval1a]

I will certainly watch the Kendo video - always been facinated with Kendo but never had the opportunity to learn it. One of my Karate instructors, the late H. Nishiyama, was skilled in Kendo - we always had a shinai in the corner of the dojo floor & he would occassionally take it & smack u on the leg or arm if Karate form was bad :-)

[sanval1a]

The challenge in Battodo & Iaido involves perfecting Japanese swordsmanship & it simply isn't necessary in Batto/Iaido to train with the same cardio intensity one needs for Kendo & most of the other MA - this offers the advantage of enabling one to train in Batto at an advanced age. My dojo teaches Batto & Karate so most of us are in good shape from the Karate training but Batto doesn't really require that fitness intensity.

[sanval1a]

U'll note I didn't say Budha was fat but what I did state is historical, cultural fact. I agree - no excuse for being out of condition in the MA - but people may look out of condition and not be as in this vid - that's my point. U don't have to look like an Olympic runner to be in condition. In Sumo they are large but train very hard.

[sanval1a]

Being larger than most doesn't = lack of training by your own Sumo comment. All MA are different - Battodo, Iaido are involved with swordmanship form & require less conditioning than some other MA.  In the West we tend to see the Greek male form as desireable while in the East it is more the Budha form where body power is generated from the center of the body - the added weight can contribute to that power - nothing to do with lack of conditioning - more to do with a different concept.

[sanval1a]

I would hope the term "sarky" means ignorant since It's hard to understand how anyone can look at this vid & determine that the participants are out of shape. Batto-do is an art form in case you didn't understand that. There are probably those who would call a Sumo fat only to be broken in half by some of the strongest men in the world. A participant in the MA should have respect for all MA as I do & try to learn from them rather than making silly comments. I don't see ignorance as witty.